Caring for your Vintage & Antique Linens & Textiles

Caring For Your Vintage and Antique Linens and Textiles—Part OneRemoving Stains and Washing Textiles and LinensThe one question that I get asked over and over whenever I’m doing a show is: “How do you get your linens so clean?” The answer is not very exotic: A lot of soaking and patience! Antique and vintage linens require gentle care, but in most cases, can be used and enjoyed for years to come.Soaking and washing will clean most linen quite nicely. Occasionally, there will be a spot or stain that...

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Good advice from a leading expert – caring for fine antique furniture

Good advice from a leading expert – caring for fine antique furnitureDecember 10, 2008If you have the good fortune to own fine antique furniture, you have a responsibility to preserve it for future generations. Mary Helen McCoy, founder and president of Mary Helen McCoy Fine Antiques, a director of The Art and Antiques Dealers League of America and one of only 15 U.S. dealers to be a member of the prestigious Syndicat National des Antiquaires, offers these tips for caring for antique furniture:...

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